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9 unusual facts about Roy Barnes


Charles B. Tanksley

During his time in the Senate, Tanksley was the Senate floor leader for Governor Roy E. Barnes from 1998 to 2002, who was a member of the United States Democratic Party and was Tankley’s former law partner.

Charles Elmore

He also received the 1999 Governors Award in the Humanities from Roy Barnes, then governor of Georgia.

Freedom Parkway

The 207-acre (84-hectare) Freedom Park was officially dedicated on September 19, 2000 with ribbon cutters Jimmy Carter, then-current Governor Roy Barnes, and Mayor Bill Campbell.

Griffin Technical College

In March 2000, Governor Roy Barnes included the name change initiative in his "A+ Education Reform Act of 2000" (HB 1187).

Jonathan Simons

At 41 years old, Simons was recruited by the Georgia governor Roy Barnes and the Robert W. Woodruff Foundation of Atlanta to be the Founding Director of the Winship Cancer Institute at Emory University.

Mary Evelyn Parker

Strother has worked almost exclusively for Democrats, including Texas Senator Lloyd M. Bentsen, Jr., and former Georgia Governor Roy Barnes.

Terrell Peterson

In the wake of this program, then-Georgia governor Roy Barnes decided to set up a Child Advocate Office with the authority to bypass the state's confidentiality laws and independently investigate and review child abuse cases handled by the Department of Family and Children's Services.

Roy Barnes, governor at the time who signed the Terrell Peterson Act, ran for Georgia governor again in 2010 but lost.

United States presidential election in Georgia, 2000

In other down ballot races, Zell Miller (D), who was appointed by then-Governor Roy Barnes (D) following Senator Paul Coverdell's (R) death in July 2000, won the special election for the unexpired remainder of the term.



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